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As the final entry on this week's Friday Reads I have a sequel that is part of my 2014 Series Challenge and that I finally got into reading after being approved for the ARC of the final book (that I will be reviewing soon!).
The Liberator by Victoria Scott
My rating: 3 of 5 stars
I read and really enjoyed The Collector and as soon I was done with it I preordered The Liberator, but once release day came, I had a few other books releasing at the same time and then when I finally started it, I just wasn't feeling the book. Fast forward a few months and now I've been approved for The Warrior (that I also have preordered) on NetGalley, so I had the extra motivation to read this one!
As usual, you can expect some massive spoilers for The Collector in this review, but I will try my best to keep it as spoiler free from the big stuff as possible.
I have to say this book has me in two minds and so my rating sort of reflects that. For the first part (like 43%) of the book I was getting more and more irritated by Dante and his attitude... He seemed to be getting cold feet and refusing to face his own choices he made on The Collector and kept on bullshiting about (pardon my French) and not doing anything about his assignment or anything else. He only seemed to get his crap together to panick about Charlie and how she was acting... We don't know the why's and the how's of what's going on, I kept on crossing my fingers for no love triangle and generally thinking that I was gonna give this book 2 stars. But then... then the book changed!
Dante finally seemed to realize he had a job to do, he finally had a pair of very important conversations with Charlie and realized why the heck he had become a Liberator and what his new job was about! It didn't hurt that Annabelle, Max and Val joined the gang, and we also finally get to see Aspen as more than just Dante's odd assignment and also NOT as a possible side to a love triangle. From that point on, both the plot as well as the action picked up, and the book felt like a 4 stars for me.
I wouldn't say this book suffers from middle book syndrome, because there is character growth and in the second half of it there's plenty of important revelations, happenings and surprises. It didn't feel like a filler at all, but I kept on expecting Dante to get his shit together and realize he's changed sides and he ought to act accordingly sooner than he did!
Charlie had her own issues but she never irritated me as much as Dante did, and I'm glad she put him in his place a pair of times. I still think they make one hell of a cute couple and I loved how she was fierce and wouldn't back down when she felt she had to fight for something or someone.
Aspen was an absolute surprise, at first I kept on fearing she'll be introduced to add a love triangle to the book, but once that proved a silly fear of mine and not a reality, I gave her character a change and totally found myself rooting for her! She's one heck of a kickarse girl!
I'm really glad that I waited to read this one till I had The Warrior on hand, cause the ending was quite evil and even if it's not the most cruel cliffhanger ever, it does have a cliffhanger feel!
All in all, I'm giving The Liberator 3 stars and if I go by the final part of the book 3.5 stars.
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As the final entry on this week's Friday Reads I have a sequel that is part of my 2014 Series Challenge and that I finally got into reading after being approved for the ARC of the final book (that I will be reviewing soon!).
The Liberator by Victoria ScottMy rating: 3 of 5 stars
I read and really enjoyed The Collector and as soon I was done with it I preordered The Liberator, but once release day came, I had a few other books releasing at the same time and then when I finally started it, I just wasn't feeling the book. Fast forward a few months and now I've been approved for The Warrior (that I also have preordered) on NetGalley, so I had the extra motivation to read this one!
As usual, you can expect some massive spoilers for The Collector in this review, but I will try my best to keep it as spoiler free from the big stuff as possible.
I have to say this book has me in two minds and so my rating sort of reflects that. For the first part (like 43%) of the book I was getting more and more irritated by Dante and his attitude... He seemed to be getting cold feet and refusing to face his own choices he made on The Collector and kept on bullshiting about (pardon my French) and not doing anything about his assignment or anything else. He only seemed to get his crap together to panick about Charlie and how she was acting... We don't know the why's and the how's of what's going on, I kept on crossing my fingers for no love triangle and generally thinking that I was gonna give this book 2 stars. But then... then the book changed!
Dante finally seemed to realize he had a job to do, he finally had a pair of very important conversations with Charlie and realized why the heck he had become a Liberator and what his new job was about! It didn't hurt that Annabelle, Max and Val joined the gang, and we also finally get to see Aspen as more than just Dante's odd assignment and also NOT as a possible side to a love triangle. From that point on, both the plot as well as the action picked up, and the book felt like a 4 stars for me.
I wouldn't say this book suffers from middle book syndrome, because there is character growth and in the second half of it there's plenty of important revelations, happenings and surprises. It didn't feel like a filler at all, but I kept on expecting Dante to get his shit together and realize he's changed sides and he ought to act accordingly sooner than he did!
Charlie had her own issues but she never irritated me as much as Dante did, and I'm glad she put him in his place a pair of times. I still think they make one hell of a cute couple and I loved how she was fierce and wouldn't back down when she felt she had to fight for something or someone.
Aspen was an absolute surprise, at first I kept on fearing she'll be introduced to add a love triangle to the book, but once that proved a silly fear of mine and not a reality, I gave her character a change and totally found myself rooting for her! She's one heck of a kickarse girl!
I'm really glad that I waited to read this one till I had The Warrior on hand, cause the ending was quite evil and even if it's not the most cruel cliffhanger ever, it does have a cliffhanger feel!
All in all, I'm giving The Liberator 3 stars and if I go by the final part of the book 3.5 stars.
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